o3-pro vs o1-pro vs Claude Opus 4.1
Too close to call on our weighted score (o3-pro 27, o1-pro 27, Claude Opus 4.1 27). The right pick depends on what you value most.
OpenAIo3-pro
27/100- ECI147.4
- Price$20.00 / $80.00
- Context200K
- OpenAI
o1-pro
27/100- ECI—
- Price$150.00 / $600.00
- Context200K
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.1
27/100- ECI144.1
- Price$15.00 / $75.00
- Context200K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (o3-pro 27/100, o1-pro 27/100, Claude Opus 4.1 27/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Opus 4.1 on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceClaude Opus 4.1Claude Opus 4.1 $30.00 · o3-pro $35.00 · o1-pro $262.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextAbout the sameo3-pro 200,000 · o1-pro 200,000 · Claude Opus 4.1 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Opus 4.1o3-pro: Text, Images · o1-pro: Text, Images · Claude Opus 4.1: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | o3-pro | o1-pro | Claude Opus 4.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Context window | 20% | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 27/100 | 27/100 | 27/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | o3-proOpenAI | o1-proOpenAI | Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 147.4 (best) | — | 144.1 |
| ECI rank | #60 of 148 (best) | — | #81 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | — | 77.3% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | — | — | 12.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | — | 68.9% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | — | — | 73.4% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $20.00 | $150.00 | $15.00 (best) |
| Output | $80.00 | $600.00 | $75.00 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $35.00 | $262.50 | $30.00 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Official OpenAI API | Median of 14 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 100,000 tokens (best) | 100,000 tokens (best) | 32,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high | Yeslow · medium · high | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | o3-pro | o1-pro | — |
| API providers | 6 | 5 | 14 (best) |
| Released | Jun 10, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2024 | Sep 2023 | Mar 31, 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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- o3-pro$360.00
- o1-pro$2,700
- Claude Opus 4.1$300.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: o3-pro, o1-pro or Claude Opus 4.1?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (o3-pro 27/100, o1-pro 27/100, Claude Opus 4.1 27/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Opus 4.1 on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, o3-pro, o1-pro or Claude Opus 4.1?
Claude Opus 4.1 is cheaper at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per million tokens (median across 14 API providers). o3-pro costs $20.00 input / $80.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); o1-pro costs $150.00 input / $600.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $30.00 per million tokens for Claude Opus 4.1 versus $35.00 for o3-pro (1.2× as much) and $262.50 for o1-pro (8.8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. o3-pro has an ECI of 147.4, o1-pro has not been scored yet and Claude Opus 4.1 has an ECI of 144.1.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for o3-pro and o1-pro yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
o3-pro, o1-pro and Claude Opus 4.1 share the same 200,000-token context window. Maximum output per response: o3-pro up to 100,000, o1-pro up to 100,000, Claude Opus 4.1 up to 32,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
o3-pro accepts text and images; o1-pro accepts text and images; Claude Opus 4.1 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Opus 4.1 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. o3-pro, o1-pro and Claude Opus 4.1 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Claude Opus 4.1 is the newest, released Aug 5, 2025. o3-pro came out Jun 10, 2025; o1-pro came out Mar 19, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: o3-pro May 2024, o1-pro Sep 2023, Claude Opus 4.1 Mar 31, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
